Then and Now

“I was always praised for my body, and I felt like people had expectations from me that I couldn’t deliver,. I felt very vulnerable, because I can work out, I can eat healthy, but I can’t change the fact that both of my kids enjoyed the left boob more than the right. All I wanted was for them to be even and for people to stop commenting on it.”

On getting a breast augmentation in 2015:

“When I woke up, I was like, ‘What have I done?’ I felt like I was living in a body I didn’t recognize. For the first year I wore [baggy] clothes because I felt uncomfortable.”

On how her husband Tom supported her during that time:

“He just said, ‘I love you no matter what’ and that I looked beautiful. This was definitely another lesson: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But I wish I would have learned that a different way.”

I literally read this book, and I did it for this autoimmune disease that I had and I had a thyroid issue, and now all my levels are back up. I’m not on medicine anymore because of this book (The Plant Paradox by Steven R. Gundry, a cardiac surgeon). It’s basically about how we cook our food, non-GMO, no pesticides, eating really organic.

On how she is not working out:

I’m not working out! I think people think I’m working out and I’m like, ‘Don’t think I’m going to come play some sport!’ Literally, I haven’t worked out at all!

So when I was 30, I was getting a divorce [from actor Ben Indra], I had just finished House Bunny, and I’d sold another movie, all of these new things were happening to me, so I got my breasts done. It was f~~~ing awesome. I never, ever thought I’d do something like that. [I] always thought plastic surgery was caving in to “the man,” you know? But it came down to a really simple thing: I wanted to fill out a bikini.

I’m still floored that I did it, because I am a staunch feminist. I kept thinking, am I betraying my own gender by doing this? But people should be able to do whatever they want, whether it’s getting braces, bleaching their hair, getting extensions, getting a boob job, getting vaginal surgery, or getting a nose job.

I think I had more beauty insecurities growing up than probably anybody. Growing up, I was always self-conscious about my brows but I never knew that you could do something about it. I’ve always had really thin brows, I got them from my dad.

On how she grew into her face:

I was also kind of chubbier growing up until I was 15, so there were a lot of things I had to grow into – I definitely had to grow into my face a lot. I wasn’t very secure with myself until recently.

On brows and contouring her face:

Fake it till you make it, I guess. Brows are such a beautiful part of a woman and a man’s face, so to be able to enhance them now is revolutionary for me. I don’t contour every day, but it’s life-changing for sure. I mean, contouring your nose and jawline. Whew!

Turns out you can’t lose the 61 lbs you gained during pregnancy by just scrolling through instragram and wondering why you don’t look like all the bikini models. Thanks @donsaladino for kickin my A double S into shape. 10 months to gain, 14 months to lose. Feeling very proud 💪😁💪